Lesson Plans

Students learn to use who, which, that and where to describe jobs and workplaces, then write about a job they know.

Students practise have to for rules and should for advice in a visit to the doctor, then write advice to a sick friend.

Students practise verb + to-infinitive after decide, plan and hope to talk about big decisions, then write about one of their own.

Students learn to use can and could for ability and polite requests in a hotel, then write about a hotel stay.

Students learn vocabulary for meals and eating out, read about a birthday dinner, then write about a special meal they remember.

Students practise some, any, much and many with food and countable and uncountable nouns, then write about a favourite recipe.

Students learn to use the present perfect with ever, already and just to talk about experiences, then write about their own experiences.

Students practise asking and answering questions in the past simple about holidays, then write an interview with a traveller.

Students practise verb + -ing after like, enjoy and hate to talk about technology, then write about how they use it.

Students learn to use be going to for plans and intentions about studying, then write their own learning plan for the year.

Students learn to use will and won't for predictions about the weather, then write a three-day forecast for their town.

Students learn to use might, may and probably to talk about possible plans and the weather, then write about next weekend.

Students learn to use the present continuous for future arrangements and appointments, then write a message about their plans for next week.

Students practise contrasting the present simple and present continuous to talk about housework and routines, then write about life at home.

Students practise imperatives and prepositions of place to give instructions around the home, then write a note for a house-sitter.

Students practise comparatives and superlatives to describe and compare places, then write a short comparison of two places they know.

Students practise must and mustn't to talk about rules and signs, then write the rules for a place they know.

Students learn to report messages with says and tells, practising texts, emails and calls, then write about their own messages.

Students practise forming questions to find out about a new flatmate, then write questions and answers for a flatmate interview.

Students learn to use the past continuous with while and when to tell a story, then write about a surprising night.

Students practise this, that, these and those while shopping for clothes, then write a conversation in a clothes shop.

Students practise word order with time phrases and frequency adverbs to talk about free time, then write about their own free time.

Students practise the past simple, including irregular verbs, to talk about trips and transport, then write about a journey they took.

Students learn to use used to for past habits and states to talk about childhood, then write about their own childhood.

Students practise possessive 's and pronouns like mine and yours to talk about belongings, then write an email to a lost property office.

Students learn to use to + verb to say why they go to places in town, then write about a busy Saturday.